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1、TheStar-SpangledBannerChapterOneGeographicalFeatures & NaturalResourcesI.NamesandPositions1.location:north:south:east:west:CanadaMexico,GulfofMexicoAtlanticOceanPacificOcean2.area:9,372,610sq.km----largestcoastline:19,924kmeasttowest:5000kmsouthtonorth:2500km4thI.NamesandPositions3.geographicaldiv
2、ision:Alaska---northwesttipHawaii---centralPacificTheAtlanticSeacoastWesttoAppalachiansTheMississippiRiverBasinTheRockiesWesttothePacificI.NamesandPositionsNewEngland:ME,NH,VT,MA,RI&CTMiddleAtlanticStates:NY,NJ,PA,MD,DE&WVDeepSouth/CottonBelt:SC,GA,TX,AL,MS&LAAppalachianMountains:highestpoint---20
3、00mTheAtlanticSeacoastWesttoAppalachiansMississippiRiver:6400km,themostimportant&longestintheUStheMidwest/Middlewest:theGreatLakes(LakeSuperior,Michigan,Huron,Erie,Ontario)theGreatPlainsTheMississippiRiverBasin---“thebackboneofthecontinent”,YellowstoneNationalParkplateaubetweentheRockies&theSierra
4、Navadaranges---DeathValleyCoastRanges:fertilevalleystheRockyMountainsTheRockiesWesttothePacificII.ClimateNortherntemperatezoneNewEngland:dominatedbynorthern&oceanictypeofclimateThesouth:warmclimate&abundantrainfallTheMidwest:typicalcontinentaltypeofclimateStateswestoftheRockiesIII.Rivers&LakesSyst
5、emoftheGulfMississippiRiver:“Fatherofwaters”MissouriRiverOhioRiversystemoftheAtlanticHudsonRiver:520KmmainarteryforinlandwaterwaytrafficDalawareRiver:boundaryofPennsylvania&NewJerseyPotomacRiver:WashingtonD.C.traditionaldividinglinebetweenSouth&NorthSt.LawrenceRiver:boundarybetweenCanada&theUSA(in
6、ternationalRiver)III.Rivers&LakessystemofthePacificColumbiaRiverColoradoRiverIII.Rivers&LakestheGreatLakes:largestlakegroupintheworld,containabouthalfoftheworld’sfreshwaterLakeSuperior,Michigan,Huron,Erie,OntarioNiagaraFalls:1240minwidth,49maveragedropIII.Rivers&LakesIV.NaturalResourcesTheUnitedSt
7、atesisalandrichinnaturalresources.Iron,coal,oil,gas,silver&gold,forestry1783AreawesttotheMississippiRiverbecamepartofAmericaintheTreatyofParisbetweenBritainandtheU.S.1803PurchasedthevastareaofLousianafromNapoleon
